Jan van Koningsveld (born 1969 in

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) is a

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. He is the champion of Extracting Square Roots of 2004 and 2008 as well as the champion of Calendar Calculation of 2008 at the

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s. In addition, he finished second in the overall rankings of 2004, 2006 and 2008. During the first Memoriad 2008, the Olympiad for Mental Calculation and Memory held in

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, Turkey, Jan van Koningsveld won the gold medals in the categories Multiplication as well as Calendar Calculation.Memoriad 2008
/ref> After the competition he was also able to even the world record in the category Calendar Calculation by calculating 56 days of the week (range 1600–2100) in 1 minute. Jan van Koningsveld also held the world record for multiplying two five-digit numbers. He solved ten tasks correctly in 3:06 minutes on 25 November 2005. That record was broken by Marc Jornet Sanz during world record attempts at the 2010

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* http://memoriad.com/ MEMORIAD * http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/memory.html Memory and Mental Calculation World Records * http://www.recordholders.org/en/events/worldcup/index.html Mental Calculation World Cup Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Koningsveld, Jan van 1969 births Living people Mental calculators People from Emden